Tree-holder package



Sept. 28 1926.

L. G'. BEERS TREE HOLDER PACKAGE Filed Dec. 1922 Patented Sept. 28, E25.

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htttattit LOUIS G. BEERS, OF TRENTON, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO NEW JERSEY WIRE CLOTH COMPANY, A COREGRATION OF NEW JERSEY.

TREE-HOLDER PACKAGE.

Application filed December 6, 1922.

The object of the invention is to provide a packaged tree holder for Christmas trees and the like, which shall be simple, cheap and convenient to handle and in which the holder shall be held in flat form and suitable for packing a number of packages in a small space for shipment.

As a full understanding of the invention can best be given by a description of con struction embodying the same, such a description will now be given in connection ith the accompanying drawings, showing a. preferred form of embodiment of the invention, and the features forming the in vention then specifically pointed out in the claim.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a plan view of the package, partly broken away to show the construction,

Figure 2 is a cross-section on the line 22 of Fig. 1, and,

F igure 3 shows the holder in position supporting a tree.

The holder consists of a base ring 10 of heavy wire or the like, on which is mounted to swing vertically. the arms 11, 12, having the prongs 1, 2 adapted to be driven into the tree to support it, sets of shorter and longer arms being preferably used to engage the tree at different levels, all as shown in Figure 8. In packing, the arms are folded Serial No. 605,203.

flat on the base ring and held in this position by two pieces of board, 13, 14:, preferably of heavy cardboard or the like, on opposite sides of the holder, which boards are preferably secured together by wire clips 3, as shown, having their ends bent and forced through the boards 13, 14:, although other suitable means for holding the boards together may be used.

The boards 13, 14; may be of such size as to cover the base ring, but preferably they will be of approximately the size shown in Figures 1 and 2, so as to lie within the base ring and prongs 2 of the longer arms 12, thus enabling a larger number of packages to be packed in a given space.

What I claim is:

The combination with a tree holder having a base ring with sets of shorter and long er tree supporting arms mounted to swing vertically on the ring, of sheets of cardboard or the like on opposite sides of the holder within the ring, said sheets covering the ends of the shorter arms and leaving the base ring and ends of the longer arms exposed,

and means for securing the sheets together to hold the arms folded within the base ring.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand.

LOUIS G. BEERS. 

